Huawei announce foldable display Mate X smartphone

Hot on the heels of the reveal of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, Huawei revealed its own foldable display smartphone, the Mate X.

Huawei announced the device at its Mobile World Congress keynote on Sunday in Barcelona, Spain.

On its front, the device features a 6.6-inch display. Opening up the foldable display reveals an 8-inch borderless display with 8:7.1 aspect ratio and 2480 x 2200 resolution. Huawei was quick to compare the Mate X to the Galaxy Fold, pointing out that the Mate X is both thinner and features a larger display.

According to Yu, Huawei engineers spent the better part of three years working on the Mate X’s “Falcon Wing” hinge. With more than 100 components involved in its design, the end result is that the Mate X’s hinge allows for a thin design. At its thinnest, the Mate X is 5.4mm. Folded, meanwhile, the phone is 11mm thick.

To make the phone as thin as possible, Huawei had to include a variety of clever workarounds. For instance, the Mate X’s power button doubles as a fingerprint sensor. Moreover, the phone’s USB-C port is located on the hinge mechanism; the rest of the phone is too thin to accommodate a USB-C port.

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